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s of the contact surface at B. Originallythis is a carefully ground surface and the liner is fitted by using Prus-sian blue and scraping to a complete contact with the supporting flangein the cylinder block. A copper gasket of about 1/32 thickness is thenused to insure tightness. However, after a… … Figure 2 and 2A—Viczvs showing a circumferential crack near the topof a i^ cylinder liner. This crack permitted leakage of ivater intothe cylinder. In a number of cases that have been investigated recently, crackshad progressed until water began to leak through from the jackets intothe cylinder.…
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